[HanoiLUG] [Off Topic ?] FOSS salaries in VN

[Lê Xuân Thảo]

Hi Tom,

I don't have any hard data either but based on supply-demand principle
and scarcity of FOSS expert here, you certainly get paid more if your
job requires deep FOSS knowledge. AFAIK, average salary of experienced
employee in IT sector is 500 to 1000$ per month and a few people I
know that work with FOSS usually have salary at upper end of that
range.

Hope this help.

On 7/1/07, Tom Lancaster <tom-hlug at grubby.net> wrote:
> Hello LUGers,
>
> First, I've been on this list for months now and was convinced it was a
> super-low traffic list... until I checked my .procmailrc. Oh well. Now
> at least I know why I'm always the last to know.
>
> My first meeting was the one with the Intel guys present, but I hope to
> make many more.
>
> Second, and I hope this is not too terribly off-topic:
>
> In the spirit of "FOSS at work" I'm wondering what typical salaries are
> for Vietnamese FOSS experts. Given that Vietnam is a fairly strong MS
> shop, does that mean that MySQL DBAs and Linux Admins are unwanted and
> thus paid less than point-and-click admins? Or does the same principle
> apply as elsewhere: admins and coders from the FOSS side are usually
> more competent than their MSCE counterparts and as such are generally
> paid better?
>
> Looking at figures on vietnamworks.com is a fairly uninstructive way of
> finding out what quality people get paid, so if anyone has any real
> world knowledge of this I'd love to hear about it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tom